Gender Breakdown within Education Agencies: FOI release

Information requested

Can I get the gender breakdown for Education Scotland employees and SQA employees?

Can I get the number of male employees, female employees and non-binary employees for each organisation?

Response

The number of staff in Education Scotland, who have self-declared their gender, under the categories you have requested as at 10 March 2023 are:

Gender	Count	Percentage (%)
Female	278	70.20%
Male	118	29.80%
Undisclosed or non-binary	-	0.00%
Total	396	100.00%

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance Education Scotland does not have the information you have requested for SQA. The Education (Scotland) Act 1996 sets out SQA’s functions and responsibilities. Under the Act, SQA has responsibility to make its own operational decisions including those around staffing. This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that Education Scotland does not have the information you have requested.

For information regarding SQA employees please contact SQA at foi@sqa.org.uk.

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